Garment form



C. A. UFF'Q Sept. 16 1924.

GARMENT you Filed April 1, 3 Shaw-Shem zem INVENTOR 47/6; .l/J 0M2 ATTOREV 1,508,734 C. A. UFFORD" GARMBNT- FORM Filed April I, 1922 3Sheets-Sheet ATTO NEY' c. A. UF'FORD W ammunit on Filed April I 1922 3Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Sept. 16, 1924.

. UNITED STATES CHARLES A... UFFORD, OF DORCHESTEB', MASSACHUSETTS.

- GARMENT FORM.

Application filed' April 1, 1922. Serial No. 548,720.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES A. UFFORD, aresident of Dorchester, Sufiolk County, State of Massachusetts, and acitizen of the United States of America, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Garment Forms, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in dress forms, one of theobjects being to provide a dress form arranged for handy and accurateadjustment at the neck, waist, hip and skirt portions. A further objectof my invention is to improve the means for eifecting the variousadjustments, that is. to

say, to embody the adjusting mechanism in a simple efiicient structurenot easily damaged and readilymanipulated. I have found that to providea skirt portion of a form that will meet the many conditions in cidentto garment hanging, it is essential to construct the skirt portion outof a plurality of sections adjustably connected together, each sectionbeing independent of its adjacent sections, excepting for the adjustable connections A further object of my invention is to improve themechanism for adjusting, the several sections making up the adjustablewaist portionof the garment form. a

I willnot proceed to describe myinvention in detail, the novel featuresof which I will finally claim, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a face view of a portionof a a dress formembodying my improvements;

Fig.2 is a top plan view of the neck portion, with parts broken away;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view illustrating the adjustingmeans for the waist sections; some of the arms being omitted; Y I

Fig. 4 is a sectionon line 4-4 Fig.

Fig. 5 is aifragmentary-detail viewlllustrating the. adjustableconnections for the form sections;

Fig. .6 is a detail view, illustratingthe hinge connection between thewaist sections and lowermost sections of the form;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view, illustrating the mounting for the1nuer end of each arm for adjusting the waist sections;

i I Fig. 8 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. ,9 is a View of the adjustabldskirt portion collapsed;

"Fig. 12 is a view in elevation of the ad justable skirt portionextended.

My improved dress form ismade up of a body portion 14 :consisting ofadjustable shoulder portions .15, bust and neck portions. 15?,s1deportions 16, waist portions 17,-and lower body portions 18 which includehip portions- The form lalso includes a tolda-i ble skirt portionx19.

.The skirt portion .19 is made up of sec tions 20, each section beingcomposed of (in this instance) two flexible metalstrips' 21, which atone end are pivotally connected. at 22 toa plate 23. Eachsection 20 isadjustably connected to asimilar section by adjustable bands 24, 25 and'26, each band being made up of slidably connected band members 27 and28 (Fig. 10) the band member 28 having a slot 29; and the band-member 27a bolt '80 passing'through said slot, a wing-nut 31 being employed tosecure the strips together after. being adjusted. As each skirt sectionis attached to a corresponding section 18 of the form, the said sec tioncan be adjusted relative to each other.- When the sections 18 are movedapart or placed closer together, the wing-nuts 31 can be loosened inorder that the skirt as a whole can be made larger or smaller. Astheintermediate skirt-band 25 in this instance, is utilized to connect theskirt to a post 32, I provide adjustable arms 34 made up of the slidablyconnected members 35 and 36. Each arm at its inner end is connected to afitting 37 slidable longitudinally of post 32, The sections 15 of thebody portion 14 are connected by vertical links 38 to the sections 17*adjacent thereto, said links 38 in turn being connected by transverselinks 39. The

links 39 have a-slot 40 through which a bolt 41 carried by one of theadjacent sectionsl'f passes. The links 38 have slots 42. The bolt 41passes through slot 12 in its adjacent link 38 and bolt 43, which iscarried'by the section 17,'passes through slot 42 in its ad jacent link38. The sections .16 are con nected. totheadjacen't 'sections '15 bylinks 44 pivoted to the adjacent section l5 at 45 n0 Each link 44 has aslot 46 through which a bolt 47 carried by the section 16 passes.Thebolts 47 pass through slots 48 in vertically disposed links 49pivotally connected at 50 carries a plate 53." The" plates 53 of eachpal" Qt sections 18 converge and'have passing throiighfltheirsuperimposed free ends a bolt which "passes through a slot 575' in thearm 56 of a spider 57 rotatably. and slid ably inotinted on post "32. Bythis means, the sections"18 can be moved toward or away "from post 32vto increase or decrease tlietliarrieterbf this region or the form. Thesections? 1 8 are held adjusted positions nuts 58', sections 15 of thetorm are connected to post 32 by platesf59 hav ingsi'gts tlO'throughwhich the'threaded end 61"0t post 32 passes, theplates being held inadjusted positions by aknob 62v having a threaded engagement" with 'thepost, the lmob acting asafinii't. I

To 'a'd"us t thewaist sections 17 inwardly or outw' ""dlytoincrease ordecrease the di ameteri'ottiheiormat- 'the'waist, I provide a'sleeiie'63f wliich' surrounds post 32. and which is movable longitudinallyotthe post (see""E-ig ;*3)."" The lowerendotsleeve 63 carries a bracketI64 made up of plates '65 and 66 clamped together by bolts 67 (see Fig.74); The plates65 and66 retain there between a ring 6 8 which serves asthe pivot foraflplur atlity on arms 69, "said plates having' aliningslots 70l'to receive the heads 71 at'the inner end of said arms. Eacharm 69 consists of a tubular member 80 and a spindle member 81 slidablyengaging the tubular member 80' and held in. adjusted positions bybinding-screws 82 (Fig. 8); The outer end oteach spindle-member 81carries an eye 83; which engages the. hinge-members 84 and 85 and servesas a pivotal'connection for thehiiige members as well as a 'meanstofconnectsections 17 and 18 to' the post7'132. thesleeve '63 longitudin 32, l r'providfe' a handle consi of-r ver strips 86: and 87.;con-

i'iepTtZe at"the top1b yja cross-bar 8-8, thelower efid o, I 'erticaimember being. connected to sleet 63,; 259 The vertical strips 86 E57sli-f 6 through blocks '90 and 91, rectiveliy,cairied by post 32, theadjustable plates fbeii1gfcla'in ied between plate 92 -fkh6bf62: he leni a m mb rs 86 and d-juste'd gositions by bind- 1 ters -tease??? ne otthe advanthe rigidity of the arms 69 due to the employment of thetubular members 80 and the cooperating members 81. WVith this form of.arm all side play or slackness is obviated, and with this form ofadjustment torthe waist portion,'thewaist can be increasedor decreasedin diameter by merely moving the handle A upwardly or downwardlyatterloosening the bolts 93. The movement upwardly or downwardly uponthe part of sleeve 63 will spread or contract the form at the waistregion The sleeve 63 will be held in adjusted positions by tighteningthe bolts 93.

I To collapse the skirt portion 19, the term will be lowered to allowthe bottom ot the skirt portion to rest-upon the floor, or stand (notshown) carrying post 32 and twisted, whereby the members forming" theskirt will fold into the condition illustrated in Fig.

connected to said sleeve and protruding from the upper part of the formand adapt"- ed to be drawn upwardly to cause an inward movement of saidarms, oppositely disposed block members through which the "handle slidesconnected with said post member and located exteriorly of the neckportion of the form to lock the handle in adjusted positions. v '1 i i2. In a garment form, a post member, adjustable sections v carriedthereby, a sleeve slidable longitudinally of the post member, adjustablearms connecting said sleeve and certain of said adjustable sections,said arms consistingot a tubular portion and a spindle portion slidable'within the tubularl portion, 1

justable sections carried thereby, 'sleeye slidable longitudinally ofthe post member adjustable arms connecting said"s' leeve 'and certain ofsaidfadjustable sections, a rectangular handle member connected to saidsleeve and protrudlng from the upper part the,t eeiele lisl a t al' be te-re tat ber of the form slidably engaging said handle, and meanscarried by the blocks to lock the handle in adjusted positions.

4. In a garment form, a post member, adjustable sections carriedthereby, a supportmovable longitudinally of the post member, armsconnecting the support and adjustable sections and pivotally connectedto said support at their inner ends, said support consisting of aplurality of plates, a pivot element common to all of said arms betweensaid 1plates, and means to clamp the plates toget er upon said pivotelement.

5. In agarment form comprising a plurality of adjustable sections, armsto adjust said sections, and a pivotal support for said arms consistingof a plurality of plates, a ring mounted between said plates, passingthrough the end of each arm to form a'pivot element, and means to clampsaid plates against said ring.

6. In a garment form comprising a plurality of adjustable sections, armsto adjust said sections, and a pivotal support for said arms consistingof a plurality of plates, having alining peripheral slots to receive theends of said arms, a ring mounted between said plates passing throughthe end'of each arm to form a pivot element, and means to clamp saidplates against said ring.

7. In a garment form, a post member, a sleeve thereon, a ring in saidsleeve, adjustable sections carried thereby, hinges connecting the Waistsections and corresponding lowermost sections of the form, and ad.-justable arms pivotally connected, at one end, to said ring, theopposite ends of the arms being pivotally connected to said hinges andforming the pivot-member for said hinges.

- In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

CHARLES A. UFFORD.

